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Road Kill, just think for one minute that there are actually some RTF participants who happen to be government workers, who do actually put in a full, hard days work, who might take exception to your sarcastic comments. I gotta say, I just get d@#n tired of hearing all government workers placed in the same stereotype of being lazy and non-productive and we really didn't miss you non-essential folks. Thanks so much for pissing me off on a beautiful Sunday morning.

If you are that sensitive, you might need to talk to a shrink Mike. My wife was a 34 year career civil servant (I believe one of the good ones). But that doesn't stop me from expressing my opinion about the govt as a whole and the tons of sorry ass workers who give the good ones a bad name. Been to the post office at lunch time or tried to sign up for Obamascare?

Washington DC, Wall Street, and central bankers around the world rejoiced this week as Congress came to an agreement to end the government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling. The latest spending-and-debt deal was negotiated by Congressional leaders behind closed doors, and was rushed through Congress before most members had time to read it. Now that the bill is passed, we can see that it is a victory for the political class and special interests, but a defeat for the American people. Ron Paul

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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Calvin Coolidge

That we as a Nation have a great many hard working people in many different fields of employment who work for our government.

That almost everyone has a stereotype image of a cubical dwelling, Washington DC congressman’s aid or IRS phone help line worker when somebody mentions non-essential government worker.

That when we piss and moan about to big government we want to slash the jobs of the hypothetical, employed forever, does as little as possible, is redundant as teats on a boar hog, office dwelling leach of our hard earned cash. WE want to kick them to the curb.BUT The guy / gal working with the farmer next door or the forester up the notch or the wild life management area at the delta we hunt…. WE want and need and appreciate the tasks they shoulder!BUT (again with the but) Our federal budget does not differentiate ‘tween useless droid and needed worker. And the administration intentionally did hurtful things during the closure. National monument story for one. Up here the Missisquoi NWMA was closed to hunting. A huge delta unharmed by the hand of man kept wild forever… not allowed to be hunted ‘cause the government closed? So totally intentional

So I think Stan thought he had a spiffy thread topic. But overlooked the actual hard working government employees that are in every walk of life. All among us hunting. Dog training and testing, jamboreeing and potusing

The government is too big. We do need to kick some to the curb. BUTThe who and the how is the crux of it and the painting all with the same brush kinda bums me out.

"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold

"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin

That we as a Nation have a great many hard working people in many different fields of employment who work for our government.

That almost everyone has a stereotype image of a cubical dwelling, Washington DC congressman’s aid or IRS phone help line worker when somebody mentions non-essential government worker.

That when we piss and moan about to big government we want to slash the jobs of the hypothetical, employed forever, does as little as possible, is redundant as teats on a boar hog, office dwelling leach of our hard earned cash. WE want to kick them to the curb.BUT The guy / gal working with the farmer next door or the forester up the notch or the wild life management area at the delta we hunt…. WE want and need and appreciate the tasks they shoulder!BUT (again with the but) Our federal budget does not differentiate ‘tween useless droid and needed worker. And the administration intentionally did hurtful things during the closure. National monument story for one. Up here the Missisquoi NWMA was closed to hunting. A huge delta unharmed by the hand of man kept wild forever… not allowed to be hunted ‘cause the government closed? So totally intentional

So I think Stan thought he had a spiffy thread topic. But overlooked the actual hard working government employees that are in every walk of life. All among us hunting. Dog training and testing, jamboreeing and potusing

The government is too big. We do need to kick some to the curb. BUTThe who and the how is the crux of it and the painting all with the same brush kinda bums me out.

Nice observation Ken, but off the mark.
I know exactly what I meant by the thread and would think most anyone could figure it out.

AGAIN.....I didn't deem anyone as "non-essential."
The people that run the organization they work for did.

I "overlooked" nothing........I understand people are involved.
That is the disgrace.
I believe it was made clear what the employeers think of their people.